Orot Hashachar אורות השחר

Led by Binyahu Har-Shemesh · under the threshold on the count, 97.63% counted · running for sovereignty over all the land

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A small right-wing party whose registered entity dates from 2021, relaunched in November 2025 by the security researcher Yair Ansbacher. Nissim Louk, whose daughter Shani was murdered at the Nova festival, chaired it and headed its list until 20 October 2026, when he withdrew from the race and endorsed Ofer Winter's Amcha Israel; Binyahu Har-Shemesh, second on the filed slate, now heads the list. Its September 2026 platform, written after 7 October, says the army should keep every territory it conquers, cancel the Oslo Accords gradually, demolish villages from which Israelis are attacked, and encourage emigration from Gaza through legal channels with the UN, the EU and Washington. At home it would draft every Haredi man into an adapted track, put the Land Authority under the Agriculture Ministry, phase out food imports, break up monopolies and cap senior public posts at eight years. Its older website platform also calls for a flat tax and judges chosen at the ballot box. The party drew national attention in May 2026 when Jonathan Pollard announced he was joining its Knesset run alongside Louk, then withdrew about two weeks later, saying he had been overwhelmed with death threats.

The list, who comes with them

How this list is picked. The party leadership sets the list. The open primaries the founders described have not been held.

Binyahu Har-ShemeshBinyahu Har-ShemeshCo-founder and party coordinator→Yair AnsbacherYair AnsbacherResearcher and educator; strategy and national security→Yitzhak AbukratYitzhak AbukratFarmer and moshav association chairman→Dov HalbertalDov HalbertalJurist and columnist→Shai DromiShai DromiNegev farmer→Netanela LevinNetanela LevinActress and social activist→Victor SiniovVictor SiniovSocial entrepreneur and informal educator→Arie KoppArie KoppPublic-health specialist→Moshe Yosef CohenMoshe Yosef CohenParty treasurer and business-finance specialist→Yosef EdriYosef EdriRabbi, founder of the Sanhedrin initiative→
Show 2 more namesAlon ElizarovAlon ElizarovCombat-trauma therapist and activist→Sigalit GutsmanSigalit GutsmanSpecial-education nonprofit director→

Rank on the slip decides who enters the Knesset. On the current figures the list is under the threshold, so no one on it would get in.

Where they stand

Judea & SamariaCancel Oslo gradually, take back national land, disarm the Palestinian police and expropriate hostile villages↗
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecurityKeep every territory the army conquers and promote emigration from Gaza through legal channels↗
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi EnlistmentEvery Haredi man drafted into an adapted track with full basic training, then routine-security reserves; combat by choice↗
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
JudiciaryOversight of the courts, fast-track rulings outside them and sentences judges cannot shorten; its website still wants elected judges and referendums↗
Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
EconomyBreak the monopolies and cut taxes, but subsidise farming, phase out food imports and raise pensions; the website adds a flat tax↗
Social spendingFree market
EducationLocal authorities and communities run schools under a national core; the platform stresses core studies, teacher pay and a ban on strikes↗
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & StateConversion by halacha, kashrut reopened, and Shabbat transport left to each municipality↗
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & CitizenshipA Jewish state that defines Jews by halacha and would strip citizenship over illegal arms in Arab towns↗
Equal citizenshipJewish national state